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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27
COMMON COUNCIL.

AT a regular meeting of the Common Council
of the city Of Alexandria, held on the Doth DAY
OF July, 1857, there were present John 7
Sweeney, esq, President, and Messrs Aitcheson
Snowden, Clarence Moore, Gronau. Whiting stri
der, Baync Kelley, L. ~. Corbett and Fisher
Tho following We're referred 10 the Committee
on Finance, 10 wit The petition of CIV Ramsay.
executor of NJ. d. Ramsay, and of same, executor
OF W. b. Ramsay, for reduction Of assessments
on real property the petition OF z P4H for o cor
rection of an assessment on capital and an 0rdi-
nance in relation to delinquent taxes, improve
ment bills, debts, dues or demands due the City
Council"
The following were referred to the Committee
on Streets, viz Petition of Emily Mebaiey TO
have curb set and gutter paved III front Of her
property, on Duke street the petition OF Charles
Nagel and Others and the communication Of the
Board OF Health urging the closing Of the dilall
on Henry street, between King and Princess
streets.
1t was resolved that when the City Council adj
ourns tonight it be TO meet Oh the fourth Tues
day in October next.
The following were received from the Board OF
Aldermen and their action thereon concurrcd in
viz : Communication from the Mayor recommends
ing the paving of Cameron street between Alfred
aud Fayotte streets, and Fayettc street. between
King and Cameron Streets also in reference 10
Henry street ditch, and the bond of the City Sur
veyor; communication of the Mayor recommend
ing that the second floor of the Sun engine house
be fitted up for the Mayors court; report of the
Committee on Streets upon the petition of t. 4.
Taylor and others to pave the alley in the square
bounded by King, 2 ince, Henry and Patrics
streets bill of Dr. Entwislc, $S5 40, and q reso-
luton directing the Corporation Attorney 10 en-.
ter suit for delirq uent improvement bills.
The Bead then adjourned.
Teste: JAMES r. CATION. Clerk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27
Fierce Storms.

FARGO. Oak, July 27.-The storm of
Monday night last occurred at eleven
o'clock, ard vas the most violent ever
kaowa here The Signal Service officer
says the wind WAS so miles an hour, with q
remarkable electrical display. Much dam
age was done in The way of blowing oil roofs
and chimneys, breaking windows and wreck
ing fences and small buildings. A brick
foundry 200 by 400 feet was totally wrecked !:
hardly foot Of tina wall remains No per-
sons in town are injured, but in the country
Ms. Eckeiton Thompson, who took refuge
III cyclone cellar was struck by lightning
aud killed. Her daughter was stunned. IN
tie same localities hail fell, destroying the
crops, bu, tie damage from this source is
not great. The damage was good many
thousand dollars ia city ami country.
a dispatch fon Glyndon, MINI, says
A tornado struck tho town CT Moland, near
G!ynd6n, at il o'cioeI, Monday night, blow
ing down the houses Of S O. Lee, VIM.
Llogd, Knuth Eganson and Ole Knuttson.
also seyeral barns and granarios There
were f2o persons wounded By the failing
buildings S. o. Lee, Mrs. S. O. Les, Ole
Kuut!son, John Doyle AMI Martin Lee
Mrs. Lee will die.
LANCASTER, Pa. July 27-Tho storm in
the northern end Of this county last even.
ing was the heaviest of the season and did
large amount Of damage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27
1lur,lcr q Wedding.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 27.--Word has
reached here from Carbon that 2 wedding
among Austrian miners Monday night YVES
eulivcued by . dance sad drunken caroug
ing. This was continued until nearly day
break with more or less Quarrelng, cu.mi-
mating in = general row. Pistols, clubs and
bricks wereu3ed with effect. Thomas, John
and Edward Morgan, brothers, Tim Rosser
and Johu Ryan we're the loader'. They as
sauted John Ross, beating him in horrible
manner. Ross friends weut to his rescue
and several shots were fred. Ros5 was shot
in the head and killed, Another man was
shot in tho eye, and two Or three others
were shot or otherwise badly hurt, though
not fatally. Dr. ] e. Nutt was found on the
street At daybrcak Wit, his sbuil crushed By
a coupling pin. lie is unconscious and mag
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

LOOK TO YOUR MOSQUITOES The inter-
estiog question whether mosquitoes can
carry virus from one feeding place to anoth-
er.is raised by the experience of two Oneida
county dairymen, who believe that they
were made ill By being stung by mosquitoes
that had fed on the carcasses Of cattle killed
by murra;n. Ifsafety requires man to in
siitute medical examination as TO the SAN
itary condition OF every mosquito he nour-
ishes, the vexatons of life are even in ex-
cess of the general estimate.-New York
World
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27
Eirc.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, July 27.-Tbe sew
en- story brick building ct Washington and
Second avenues, south, occupied By the
Boston one.price clothing house, and l..
Frauklin's house furnishing bazaar, burned
last evening. The building and stocks are
estimated by the propretors to be worth
$3.50, OOO. with damage of $l65.00O and in
suraace Of $4,000 The adjoining build
iugs were damaged by water and falling
walls to the extent Of $4,000. During the
fire, Robert York, fireman, was seriously in.
iurei By the fail Of q largo piece of plate
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27
Trnin Dernilc,I.

GABMI, Ills, July 27-The first section of
,he Louisville and Nashville freight No. G7,
was derailed yesterday this side Of Wabash
station. The engine fell upon and killed
fireman AL Yearwood. Henry Craft, o
brakeman, had his knee fractured and back
and neck badly sprained. John H. Burns, a
llagman, received an ugly wound CD his
forehead and his left arm was badly in
inrnd
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27
The Ottawa Scandal.

OTTAWA, Ont, July 27.-The sensation
which was caused at the capital OF the Do
nuion over the startling revelations made
within the past few days as to the traffic in
young girls of from - to II, in which q
number of prominent citizens as well as
several leading politicians are implicated,
promises TO develop into scandal evsn
greater than that exposed recently by the
PGU Mall Gazette.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

ORANGE COUNTY DEMOCRATS. at masa
meeting ofthe democratic citizens of Orange,
held pursuant to notice, at the Court House
on Monday last, DR.. J. ID. Pondleton was
elected chairman, aud Mr.. W. Sianatd
Chapman and Messrs. Stofer of the JIirgia
ian, and Robinson Of the Observer, were ap-
pointed secretaries A committee of two
was appointed from each magsterial dis
trict to nominate one delegate and one
alternate from each voting precinct in the
county. The committee after deliheration,
reported The following names: Barbour
delegate, b. J. Barbour; alternate, +. +. Col
sou Gordon--delegato Chambers Sisson;
alternate, J. T. Payne; Taylor-delegates
J. G.. Terrell and VIM. Moore; alternates,
r II. Rogers and jos Jackson Madison
delegates, j. D Pendlcton and I. w. Bond :;
alternates, w. w. Scott and +. w. Row.
Messrs James B. Newman and f. a. G..
Handy were appointed delegates at large.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

WHILE MANY of the republican news
papers of the North are rahidly savage in
their condemnation and denunciation otthe
treatment to which convicts in some of the
Southern States are subjected, but few, ii
any. of them allude, save in the way OF 81
news item, to the recent exposure OF the
inhuman punishment that is inflicted upon
the convicts in the Cranston prison III Rhode
JcIsnd
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27
A FArA1 DUE1.-A fatal duel was fought

A FATAL DUEL.-A fatal duel was fought
Monday evening on the banks Of the Yazoo
river, opposite Greenwood, Miss, between
Geo. Evens and Bud Harria, negroes. The men
selected double barreled shot-guns, which
were loaded with buckshot. Only two
PAGES apart they stood, the muzzles of the
guns almost touching, when the word was
given to FIRE. Both responded almost at the
same moment Evans fell dead, his heart
torn TO pieces with the buckshot Harris
is dangerously, perhaps fatally, wounded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27
RcnOrtcI Nuicidc.

WAHPEToN, Oak, July 27.-NIlle. Viola,
2 four horse equestrienne of Barrett's circus,
fell ftom her horses hero Monday night and
sutained severe injuries. 1t is said that, be-
Ing upbraided for carelessness by the mana.
ger, che took poison. It's reported that she
is dead
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

THE ONLY converts to race social equality
that Mr.. Cable mas made in tho South, so Tar
as heard of. are Bishop Dudley, of Kentucky
the Bishop and some of the clergy of the
Eoiscopal Church in South Caroliua, ana
Mr.. Lewis II. Blair, of Richmond. 1t Is
hardly probable that either or ali of these
gentlemen, even though they may be strong.
" reanfo,ced, will be able to obliterate
natnrnl distinction.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

A citizen of Cincinnati thought that he
had sure fortune in q kitten which had
five heads, five tails, Ten fore legs, ard five
hind legs. He also thought hat it ought to
have about forty-fvc lives aud was good for
many years. hut after briof career Of fifteen
days the little monstrosity died, the result
of too much handling by he curious.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

Celia Forbing, of Kenton, O., was walk
ing through the new Court House at TIihn
with some young friends. Suddenly She
stepped up to the marriage record and dared
any young man present to take out the pa
pers and make her his. The challenge was
accepted by young man Of the party, and
the knot was tied at Fostorio the same night
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

THE APPLE CRoP.-According to the
statisician Of the Agricultural Department
at Washington the prospect for the apple
crop is discouraging in almost every section
of the country save New York and New
England, where the conditions are up to
the average seasons
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27
.S,,arD's Case.

New YORK, July 26.-The arguments tc
make permanent the stay Of proceeding il
the case Of Jacob SHARP WIS continued to.
day before Judge Potter in the Supreme
Court. Mr. Parsons began bis argument for
Sharp after the court opened.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

WHEN THE wage Garner settles up his
weeks bills for the necessaries of life, the
fact that forty five per cent. of those bills Is
exacted by the protective tariff, if he be an
intelligent mal, would not make him dead
in love with that tariff
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27
The State Convention.

Rooms STATE DEM EXECUTIVE COM,
ALEXANDRIA. Va, July 81, 1887.
The members of the State central and ex-
ecutive committees of the democratic party
are requested to meet at the Hotel Roam
oke, Roanoke city, Wednesday evenng,
August Sd, at O'Clock. BY order,
JOHN S. BARBOUR, Chairman.
". W. SCOTT, Secretary.
democratic papers of the State are requested to
copy
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

WITH THE democracy of Kentucky con-
demning aud that of Ohio ignoring the
modern democratic civil service reform
humbug, the Virginia admirers of that hum
bug should not be too previous in their en-
dorsement of it at the State democratic con
yentiou 20 he held next week.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27
letter from Fredericksburg.
Correspondence Of The Alexandria GAzErrEL

Correspondence OF the Alexandria GAZETTE
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, July 9th, lSS7.-
l have seldom seen anything like the inter
est taken in educational matters by the PEG
pie here Though there are By no means a.
many teachers rs were expected in attend
ance, there are seldom less than hundred
young people besides them at the meetings
of the Normal institute and even boys anc
girls of II or - are constantly seen taking
notes of the problems in arithmetic, &c.
given out for solution and working them
to the best of their ability II is eNdrn'
that there has been excellent public scho 3
instruction and that the children have beer
taught to think.
There does not appear to be much haiic
ing in progress, but there has been muc
Frightening up since my last visit. = naW
opera house, larger, I think, and certainl
handsomer than ours, has been erected, au
the post. Office is now located in one of I'll
rooms under it. Mr. Rufus B. MerehaH
editor and proprietor of the star, hae s.s
erected very convenient and commo3icu
building for his Office 1t has q baEts a
iron front and is en- ornament 10 The iltt
city. Mr. NJ. spent his youth ard earne
the art preservative in Alexandria, aud b.
old friends there will be glad to hear Of HI
prosperity He cordially welcomes all a
exandrians who give him a call, and your
correspondent is indebted to him for many
favors. Besides the Star, which Is or exec
lent paper, he publishes Home and Farm
The City Council has contracted for pa.
ing up thirty-ige 300 power electric light
at 81 500 year, and some of them are 81
ready IN. though the DYNAMO is not vet in
operation. So far Fredericksburg is ahead
of U.S. A good deal of business is done mere
TOO, some 100000 or $60000O0 year
1t is by no means dead town, notwita
standing its unpaved streets. Ii has too, az
excellent hotel, which seems to be wea
patronized. FIDELIs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

AS a FAIR sample of The way in which the
people of the country have been pundered
by republican management, it may be men
toned that though that management not
only gave the Pacific railroad companies
land and money enough to build their roads
those compouirS have keplnp the freights OH
their roads by an enormous aystem of sub
sides TO the Pacific Mni Steamship Com
pany to prevent competition, the Union
Pacific, from September, 1871, to March,
1856, paying 81 1914 600; The Central Pacific,
50 O30 900, and the Southern Pacific $500
600. since 1888
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27
Eresl,et Feared.

WHEEsEARRE, Pa, July "a midsum.
msr freshet, which, if it occurs, will be the
fCst fora generation, is feared. The trestlc
work Of the bridge across the Susquehanna
was swept away late last night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

IrIsn ploliu:. fact hat IN ali the indas-
,lns If this country wages are lower in
thosr noN i.got2ctcd, Ms in mining and
manufacturing, aud highest in those that
are not protected at all, as in building. Bat
though this is as patent as the sun, and to
the waee carners rs to every body else, the
fact that hundreds of thousands of these
enrners don't ree it il proved by the other
fac. rhat hey continue to vote for protec
ton Congressional candidates. If protec'
tive talitl really increased wages, human ma
,nse and experience both prove that none
would lie more oppo ed 10 it than the pro
pretors OF the protected Industries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

VIRGINIA PAID into the Federal Treasury
last year $2,923 800 internal revenue taxes
without a murmur, yet she can't pay her
Just obligations to her creditors. It's good
thing to know "who to kick or who to
have to pay.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

SECRETARY WHITNEY having demonstra'
ted by repeated trials tho fact that Mr.. w IL.
Chandler, who WAS John Roach'' agent and
Secretary of the Navy at one and the same
time, ,quandered millions of Govern
ment money in the construction of two
worthless vessels, The Dolphin and Atlanta,
Mr.. Chandler, who is now United States
Senator elect from New Hampshire, Is pro-
voked thereby TO seize the bloody shirt
shake it savageIy, and denounce the people
of the Sonth "a "unhung rebels"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

FOUR CHILDREN AT BIRTH.-A special
from Memphis, Tenn says: Mrs. Richard
Green!aw, residing near the corner of Vance
and DeSoto stree ts last night gave birth to
four children. TIL mo.her and babas are
doing WE'LL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

A twelve-year.old boy near Springfield
No., who was bitten by rattesnake, wa
saved from the effects of the poison by the
application of the raw flesh of FIVE chickens
to the wound, and by drinking a quart Of
Whiakey,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

in Algeria there is small stream wbicb
the chemistry of nature has converted into
tue ink It is formed by the union of two
rivuets, ono Of which is very strongly im
pregnated with iron, while the other, mean
dering through n peat marsh, imbbes Sallir
acid another ingredient in the formation Of
ink. Letters and other manuscript matters
are satisfactorily written with the si@gu!a;
natural compound of iron and gallic acid
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

GLOUCESTER, Mass, July 27.-The fine of
800 imposed on the schooner Annie w.
Hodgdcn for an alleged violation OF tho
Canadian customs law has hcen paid by the
agent oil the vessel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

Pine Cts, Washington Territory, claims
TO have Tia, smallest living woman. She is
q years old, 20 inches tall, and weighs 90
pounds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-27

Four Mexicans, three with krivesand one
with a revolver, attacked James Taylor
near Colorado. Texas. He was unarmed
but in the scullle that followed he got pcs
session of the six shooter and killed three 81
his would.be murderers Handwriting
AS the fourth started to run he sprang tc
his wagon, secured his Winchester ana shot
the last of bis assailants through AMI
through at distance of ore hundred a"d
Gflv wards
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-11-12
Preachin" for Anarchists.

CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-Rev. J. Villa
Blake, pastor Of the Third Unitarian
Church, delivered sermon at the
morning services yesterday to a large
congregation, taking for his subject,
"The reasons why the Anarchists
should not hang"
In the course OF his remarks he
said: / think they are guilty men,
but they belong to a different order
from that of burglars, assassins and
highwaymen. Then, again, those
men are in part the product OF hard
social conditions. The misery and
rebellion caused by centuries OF
European tyranny is in their blood,
Just as much as the self-control and
sobriety of the Puritan is in his blood:
1t may be said that these men would
be excusable i'll Europe, but not here
where we have the free ballot-box.
But have we a pure ballot box? Have
not our Legislatures been bought and
sold, elections tampered with, the
very ballot-boxes stolen? And are
not gigantic and oppressive concen.
trations of capital fraudulently and
fagrantly outraging the law, purchas-
ing the lawmakers and defying the
people? | know not what to call such
acts but crimes, and these crimes
make Anarchists.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-11-12
THE NEW LAND BILL.
[Approved March 5, 1871

Piled to 9th the State Of Nevada to OF purchase
any land from it, or who has contracted
with the State of Nevada for such pur-
chase, or who may hereafter apply to or
contract with the State of NsSada, in
good faith, for the purchase of any of its
public lands, and who has paid, or shall
pay to the proper State officers, the amount
of money requisite under such application
or contract, shall be deemed and held to
have the right to the exclusive possession
contract; provided, no actual, adverse pos
session thereof existed in another at the
date of the application.
SEC. 2. Every person who has con.
tracted with the State of Nevada, in good
faith, to purchase any land from it, shall
be entitled to maintain or defend any ac-
tion of law or equity concerning said land
or its possession, which may be maintained
or defended by persons who own land in
fee. and every person who has applied or
may hereafter apply to the State of Ne.
from it, and has paid or shall pay the
amount of money which may he required
under such application, to the proper State
officer, shall be deemed anil held to have
the right to the exclusive po session of such
| land, and shall be entitled to maintain and
defend any action at law, or in equity,
| concerning such land, or the possession
thereof, which may now be maintained or
defended by persons who own land in fee;
provided. no actual, adverse possession OF
such land existed in another at the date of
such application.
SEC 8. Nothing in this Act contained
shall be construed as to prevent any per-
son or persons from entering upon such
landsfor the pur pose of prospecting for any
of the precious metals or to prevent the
free and economical working of any mine
which may be discovered thereon.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-11-12
THE DOOMED ANARCHISTS.
spies' schwab and FieIden DO Not
want to Hang.

CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-An extraordinary
communication, signed by Spies,
Schwab and Fielden, disavowing "ag-
gressive force" and deploring the loss
OF life at Haymarket, was given out
tonight for publication. 1t is ad-
dressed to Governor Oglesby, and will
be forwarded to him with formal pe-
tition for clemency. The guarded
wording OF the document is as nota-
ble as Its matter, particularly as this
is the first expression of the kind any
of the condemned Anarchists have
made.
Parsons, it is understood, acqui-
esces in its contents, and will address
a separate letter of his own to the
Governor, embodying the same ideas.
Lingg, Engel and Fischer stead
lastly refuse, however, to 60 on rec
ord with any such declaration.
Following is the letter in full:
QUEER DOCUMENT.
Governor Richard Oglesby, Spring
field, Ill.-Sir: In order that the
truth may be known by you and the
public you represent, We desire to state
that we never advocated the use of
force except in case of self-defense.
To accuse us of having attempted to
overthrow law and government on
May 4, 1886, or at any other time, is
as false as it is absurd.
Whatever we said or did was said
and done publicly. We have never
conspired or plotted to commit an un-
lawful act. While we attacked pres
ent social arrangements in writing and
speech and exposed their iniquities,
we have never conscientiously broken
any laws.
" So far from having planned the
killing of anybody at Haymarket, or
anywhere else, the very object OF the
meeting was to protest against the
commission of murder. We believe
it to be our duty, as friends OF labor
and liberty, to oppose any other force
than is necessary for the defense of
sacred rights against unlawful at
tacks. All our efforts have been in
the direction OF elevating mankind
ttlllt W ICIlONC do ulllCll do pSSolDlC tiiC
cause Of crime in society.
"Our labor was unselfsh. No mo-
tive of personal gain or ambition
prompted us. Thousands and thou
sands will be our witnesses to this.
We may have erred at times in our
judgment-yes, we may have loved
mankind not wisely but too WE'LL
Ii in our excitement of propagat-
ing our views our expressions caused
workmen to think that aggressive force
was a proper instrument OF reform, we
regret it.
awe deplore the loss of life at Hay
market, at McCormack's, at East St.
Louis and at the Chicago stockyards.
Yours, respectfully,
"a. SPIES,
"MIcHAEL SCHwAB,
"SAMUEL FIELDEN."